Drabble by Kevin Fagan for December 31, 2023

I thought he was talking about the garbage can.

I thought so.

Isn’t it months too early to take down the tree?

When I was a kid and saw the thrown out Christmas trees on the first day back to school after Christmas vacation it always saddened me. That poor tree, so carefully chosen, brought home, decorated, people ooohing and ahing over how beautiful it was, watching as the kids opened their presents on Christmas morning, sticking around another week and then undecorated and thrown out on New Year’s day. Thrown to the curb, no longer wanted. Sad tree. Picked up by whoever does that and thrown out. I felt sorry for the tree.

Thank goodness he’s not talking to the leftover fish at the bottom of the garbage can!!

Even I could tell right off that he was talking to the pizza box.

Why’s he throwing out the tree so soon?!? It’s only the seventh day of Christmas… five more days to go.

May everyone have a happy, healthy & safe 2024.

I’m surprised that the Mrs. isn’t holding on to it for dear life!

the 12th day of Christmas being January 6th, why would anyone dispose of their tree before then?

I didn’t even notice the tree, I thought from the beginning it was the pizza box.

Here’s an idea. Internet trees, fully decorated, available as a screen saver for your computer. Use the saved money to plant a tree in the real world.

Doesn’t seen to snow there very often. No snow at all this time of year.

I think we all knew he was talking to the pizza box.

Honestly, I didn’t even notice the tree till Norman mentioned it…

Ha! I was so focused on the pizza box I never even noticed the Tree!!!

That’s Norm for you, he was the only one that didn’t know he was talking about the pizza. But Ralph is certainly passionate about his pizza.

I had assumed that he was talking to the pizza box.